Money

Who paid: FEC committees ranked by total committee-to-candidate contributions given. Counts and sums only.

How this money flows — and what each column means

Federal law bars corporations, unions, and nonprofits from giving candidates money out of their own treasuries. What they can do is sponsor a committee — and the committee moves the money:

Organization Committee Candidates
Funding organization
The actor at the start of the flow — what the FEC calls the committee's "connected organization": the corporation, union, or association that sponsors the committee and whose employees or members fund it. When a committee has a bland name, this column says who is actually behind it. (Super PACs use the field loosely — often naming an affiliated committee instead of a sponsor; candidate committees usually name none.)
Committee
The FEC-registered entity that legally raises and spends. Every row in this table is one. Committees are the vehicle, not the actor.
Party
Self-declared at FEC registration. Candidate and party committees declare one; most PACs deliberately do not — that is the dash.
Type
What the committee is legally allowed to do. A regular PAC gives directly to candidates under per-election caps. A Super PAC raises unlimited money but may only spend independently — it can never hand money to a candidate. Hybrid PACs run both models from separate accounts; campaign committees belong to a single candidate.
Total given & Recipients
Itemized committee-to-candidate contributions in our data, and how many distinct candidates received them. Click a committee to see exactly who.
Cash on hand
The committee's own reported balance at the close of its last reporting period, taken from its FEC summary filing — not a total of the itemized contributions beside it. A dash means no summary filing is on file for this committee.

Full definitions in the methodology glossary.

4307 committees.

Funding organization Committee Party Type Total given Recipients Cash on hand
YVETTE4CONGRESS NNE House campaign $12,000 6
GUEST MAJORITY FUND GUEST PAC PAC $12,000 5 $41,531
NMI HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NMI PAC) PAC $12,000 5 $85,682
VETERANS GUARDIAN VA CLAIM CONSULTING PAC (VETGUARD PAC) PAC $12,000 2 $40,760
CAO VICTORY FUND 2024 HUNG CAO FOR VIRGINIA Republican Senate campaign $12,000 3
A LOVE SUPREME PAC PAC $12,000 7 $1,464
RAHM NEXT GENERATION PAC Republican PAC (multicandidate) $12,000 15 $841,255
COLORADO RED WAVE VICTORY FUND JEFF HURD FOR CONGRESS Republican House campaign $12,000 6
REGION LEADERSHIP PAC PAC $12,000 4 $46,077
HIGHLANDER DEFENSE LOGISTICS, LLC HIGHLANDER DEFENSE LOGISTICS, LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HDL PAC) PAC $12,000 3 $20,188
NONE PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS PAC Super PAC $12,000 1 $27,003
SERBIAN AMERICAN PAC Hybrid PAC $12,000 2 $208,925
NONE REPUBLICAN ITALIAN AMERICAN COMMITTEE Hybrid PAC $12,000 12 $34,790
AIR SPACE INTELLIGENCE, INC. PAC (ASI PAC) PAC $12,000 4 $9,919
CONSERVATIVE FUTURE TEXAS Super PAC $12,000 1 $0
NAKASEC ACTION FUND Independent-expenditure filer $11,737 1 $0
JDCA PAC Hybrid PAC $11,545 8 $435,479
NONE DORSEY NATIONAL FUND PAC (multicandidate) $11,500 4 $3,300
NONE VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PAC (multicandidate) $11,500 8 $20,796
ROGERS GROUP INC. ROGERS GROUP INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PAC (multicandidate) $11,500 5 $369,340
QC HOLDINGS, INC. QC HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PAC (multicandidate) $11,500 7 $17,882
MEDICAID HEALTH PLANS OF AMERICA MEDICAID HEALTH PLANS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PAC $11,500 10 $45,733
SSAB AMERICAS PAC SSAB ENTERPRISES LLC PAC (multicandidate) $11,500 12 $26,566
GERDAU AMERISTEEL US INC. GERDAU AMERISTEEL US INC. (GERDAU PAC) PAC (multicandidate) $11,500 9 $94,001
QUALITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PAC PAC $11,500 5 $11,145
ELEKTA HOLDINGS, INC. ELEKTA HOLDINGS US, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('ELEKTAPAC') PAC (multicandidate) $11,500 5 $74,904
NONE LEE PAC Hybrid PAC (multicandidate) $11,500 14 $73,297
NONE TRELLIX SKYHIGH PAC PAC (multicandidate) $11,500 5 $73,885
LMI CONSULTING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PAC (multicandidate) $11,500 6 $198,633
DEMOCRACY MOBILIZATION PROJECT PAC (DMP) Democratic PAC $11,500 12 $31,687
EARLY CARE & EDUCATION CONSORTIUM EARLY CARE & EDUCATION CONSORTIUM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PAC (multicandidate) $11,500 7 $315,462
OUTOKUMPU STAINLESS USA PAC OUTOKUMPU STAINLESS USA PAC PAC $11,500 6 $21,100
CRUX CLIMATE, INC. CRUX CLIMATE, INC. PAC (CRUX PAC) PAC $11,500 4 $5,412
KEEP US POSTED KEEP US POSTED PAC PAC $11,500 4 $35,000
TRUE ANOMALY, INC. PAC TRUE ANOMALY, INC. PAC PAC $11,500 3 $20,025
VOYAGER SPACE PAC (VOYAGER PAC) PAC $11,400 9 $38,493
AVISTA EMPLOYEES FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT AVISTA EMPLOYEES FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT PAC (multicandidate) $11,000 4 $77,249
UNITED STATES BEET SUGAR ASSOCIATION UNITED STATES BEET SUGAR ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PAC (multicandidate) $11,000 7 $63,545
GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD CO GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD CO- ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO GTW-IC PAC (CN PAC) PAC (multicandidate) $11,000 6 $32,036
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NEBRASKA PAC BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NEBRASKA PAC PAC (multicandidate) $11,000 3 $41,351
AMERICAN FOREST RESOURCE COUNCIL PAC PAC (multicandidate) $11,000 3 $17,503
GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PAC (multicandidate) $11,000 6 $138,597
PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. PAC (multicandidate) $11,000 5 $40,844
INTL CEMETERY CREMATION AND FUNERAL ASSN INTL CEMETERY CREMATION AND FUNERAL ASSN. PAC PAC (multicandidate) $11,000 6 $77,017
IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA, LLC IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA, LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PAC (multicandidate) $11,000 4 $26,614
OLD NORTH STATE VICTORY PAC NEW SOUTH LEADERSHIP PAC PAC (multicandidate) $11,000 13 $114,520
NATIONAL STRIPPER WELL ASSOCIATION NATIONAL STRIPPER WELL ASSOCIATION PAC (NSWA PAC) PAC (multicandidate) $11,000 3 $32,225
FUNDING DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP PAC PAC (multicandidate) $11,000 2 $41,816
BELIEF IN LIFE AND LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BILL'S PAC) PAC (multicandidate) $11,000 4 $665,315
PROTECTING AMERICA UNDER LAW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PAC (multicandidate) $11,000 3 $5,068

Hover any column header for what it means. A dash means the committee reports nothing for that field to the FEC — most PACs report no party. "Super PAC" committees raise unlimited money for independent spending but cannot give to candidates directly. Definitions live in the methodology glossary.

Source: FEC bulk data (committee-to-candidate contributions).

Top lobbying registrants

Lobbying firms ranked by total reported lobbying spend, grouped by registrant. These figures come from filings made under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) — the 1995 law that requires paid lobbyists to file public quarterly reports naming their client, the issues (often specific bills) they lobbied on, and their total spend for the quarter (glossary). Campaign money and lobbying spend are separate channels: the committees above are FEC campaign contributions (money to candidates); the registrants below are lobbying income/spend (money to influence legislation). This platform does not yet link an FEC committee to a lobbying registrant — entity resolution to bridge the two is not built, so read neither total as flowing into the other.

Honesty note: each amount is a gross sum of per-quarter lump sums a registrant reported (roadmap §3.2). The filings name which bills were lobbied on, but never how much of the money went to any one bill, and never whether the filer supported or opposed it.

Registrant (lobbying firm)Total reportedClientsBill mentionsFilings
BALLARD PARTNERS $63,920,000 369 12 764
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $56,450,000 1 1077 3
BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $43,115,000 364 36 777
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP $42,280,000 378 363 780
LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION $40,000,000 1 24 2
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD $35,930,000 321 250 655
MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC $32,010,000 186 49 375
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. $31,530,000 376 338 784
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS $30,040,000 1 160 2
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP $28,400,000 341 479 711
CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS $25,950,000 135 15 299
INVARIANT LLC $24,840,000 214 359 432
CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC $22,587,558 158 0 340
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION $21,583,000 1 554 4
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA $19,570,000 1 136 2
THORN RUN PARTNERS $19,490,000 266 155 557
CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. $16,020,000 184 194 376
CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC $15,440,000 177 769 367
GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $14,840,000 1 35 2
THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC. $14,540,000 1 18 2

Source: Senate LDA filings.